Very few people in London would be getting a black cab home, it's too expensive. They'd get a licensed mini cab instead, which can vary in quality. Uber also op

Very few people in London would be getting a black cab home, it's too expensive. They'd get a licensed mini cab instead, which can vary in quality. Uber also operates as a licensed mini cab company, their only difference to others being their per mile pricing, which previously was something only black cabs could do, but Uber found a loophole (calculating fares in a server room in Luxembourg instead of in the car). Also, while I've had plenty of complaints about Uber drivers, bad driving is not one of them.